Nimako shares her experience with Jim

CHAPTER 6

Nimako shares her experience with Jim

The inner circle of the center was also designed for photo – shoot.

The environment was absolutely lively. There was also a central park where one could sit for hours and relax. One could also take pictures of the national flag of Nigeria which was right at the middle of the park. They stayed there till 3:00 P.M. and they returned home. Though Nimako came home tired, she was excited. No wonder it is said that ‘The tiredness of the body is the health of the soul and that on the day of victory, no one is tired.’

The following day Jim was watching a television at the living room and Nimako joined her. It was during a conversation with Jim that Nimako narrated what she saw during the excursion and her impression about the excursion to him. She told him she was happy because she saw the Great Wall and other interesting places such as old palaces and nice sculptures. She had heard about them and that was an opportunity for her to see them with her eyes. She also showed him some of the pictures she took with Jamia at the center. Just when she was talking to Jim, Jamia came to join them in the conversation and she also narrated what she saw during the Afan National Festival. It was a scene worth seeing.

Jim was happy Nimako did not waste her time when she came to visit them but at least she learnt a lot of things and she was happy too. Life they say is like shopping in a market; when you finish, you go home. Nimako used that opportunity to show her appreciation to Jamia’s family for making her happy during the few days she spent with them. She also told them she would be leaving for Abuja the following day. Jim was not happy Nimako was leaving them but she was proud of her fighting spirit to be able to go all that far in spite of all the potholes she fell into during the course of life.

Jim told her tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today and since she had prepared for tomorrow for today her future was secured. What was left for her was to continue working hard and opportunities had no option but to embrace her. Nimako thanked him again and the following day she left for Abuja to her parents.

Nimako finally arrives home:

Stephanie saw her and it was like she wanted to carry her in her womb again. Joy was all over the house. It was like Nimako had left them for over decade. Stephanie was preparing for lunch and Ransford had gone out to buy a crate of eggs because they had run out of them. Quickly Nimako went to the kitchen to help her.

After some few minutes, Ransford blew his car horn and at once Nimako got to know it was her dad who had arrived. She went out and it was indeed her dad. Nimako run and hugged him. The bond between Nimako and her dad was indeed a wholesome one. Nimako’s happiness after seeing her dad for that short period would fill your heart with joy. She was happy to see her dad again. Her cute interactions with her dad would make one love to have a child. Her adorable way of talking to her dad and her dad’s wholesome expressions would fill one’s heart with joy for good. Soon breakfast was ready.

They finished it and Nimako begun her preparation to travel to France for her new job. She was happy she was traveling abroad but she was also scared of the distance and she also didn’t know the kind of people she was going to meet. Stephanie made her understand that one could never cross the ocean unless one had the courage to lose sight of the shore and for those who could dream there was no such place as far away.

Nimako was inspired by her mom. She laughed, she clapped her hands at the same time and she danced to show her happiness to take the bull by the horn. Ransford also added her voice to Stephanie’s advice to Nimako and said, ‘In trying to discover what the world has for you, don’t even listen, simply wait and be quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked; it has no choice and it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.’

Nimako is at the airport ready to travel to France. She goes through the security checks.

Nimako was happy she was leaving the shores of Africa to France. She was eager to go through the security checks to enable her take her new appointment. She met the first agent at the airport and he was good to her. He greeted Nimako and asked where she was flying to. She told him she was flying to France. He collected Nimako’s passport, checked it and when everything was okay, he gave it back to her. Nimako then asked him if he wanted to check her bags too and he asked her to place her bag on the scale to check it which she did. He gave Nimako her boarding passes and informed her that her flight would leave from gate at 20: 00 and it would begin boarding at16:30. He also gave Nimako her seat number as 46 E. She thanked him and left.

Nimako goes through the next security checks.

When she got to agent 2, she was asked to lay her bag on the conveyor belt and used the bins for small objects. Nimako asked agent 2 if she should take her laptop out of her bag and she was asked to do so. She was also asked to take off her shoes and walk through the metal detector which she did. As she was walking through it, the metal detector was blinking and agent 2 asked if she had anything in her purse like keys, cell phone and maybe a loose change. She didn’t have either of them but she decided to remover her wrist watch and she was through.

Nimako boards the plane.

Nimako boarded the plane and after some few minutes, the flight attendant greeted her and she asked her if she wanted either pasta or chicken. Nimako asked for chicken and Eko juice. She started enjoying her chicken, her drink and then Jacques, one of the passengers on board sitting close to her engaged a conversation with her. Jacques expressed her impression about the aircraft to her and the conversation continued.